Attention and Concentration Concerns

You may present to WELLWVU Psychiatry with concerns about your concentration, focus, and attention. The ability of the brain to concentrate and focus on what you want can be influenced by many factors such as sleep, diet, exercise, alcohol and drug use, anxiety and depression, and attention-deficit disorder. Please review this web site when you can to update yourself on the resources WELLWVU offers that may enhance this area of your life.

At WELLWVU Psychiatry, we team up with our psychology colleagues in the MindFit clinic if you or others in your life think your attention and concentration concerns should be looked at by a health care professional.

An initial psychological assessment in the MindFit clinic will begin the process. This initial assessment looks carefully at your personal performance in areas associated with attention and concentration. Factors that may contribute to the difficulties you experience are discussed.

The assessment will include a review of potential treatment options to address your concerns that may include non-medication options and psychiatric referral. Our psychiatrists work closely with the psychologists in the MindFit clinic and work to coordinate your care. This may include a combination of medication and non-medication treatment options.

If you have been previously assessed for and treated for a specific condition such as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or “ADHD” (sometimes referred to as “ADD” in the attentional subtype) by an outside provider and wish to continue your care within WELLWVU, you will be asked to complete a screening process to begin care within WELLWVU.

Please call (304) 293-4431 to find out more or to make an appointment.